In my more perfect world, Raul could write f , and I could write g .
f=: <./ + i.@(+ *)@-~
g=: 13 :'x(<./+[:([: i. (+*))-~) y'
However, by some coding system, he could look at both "dialects".
f1=: <./ + i.@(+ *)@-~
f2=: <./ + [: ([: i. (+ *)) -~
and so could I:
g1=: <./ + i.@(+ *)@-~
g2=: <./ + [: ([: i. (+ *)) -~
but f alone would provide no definition.
Linda
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Subject: Re: [Jprogramming] J in 5 minutes
Good point - however both tacit and explicit follow certain rules of
the language-
I would put this in terms of a sermon , rather than a dialect-
where the preacher deals directly to the point vs one who takes a
detailed (often circuitive) route to get to the point. Same language-
but one approach goes step by step (often repeatedly) while the other
goes more directly.
Put it this way
MAd (Michigan Algerithmic Decoder- the first language I learned),
Fortran (originally a weak version of MAD) , Basic, Turbo Basic (Basic
with muscle ) are dialects of a language. Pascal, C C++ etc are
dialects of a different language. APl, J and related "languages" are
also dialects of some common language .
These languages, in part, borrow from each other (and dialect borrow-
i.e Fortran borrowed from MAD but left Alfred E. Neuman out of error
messages starting with "this is mad"
Whatever, too long a day, and too much wine "in Vino excreta taurus"
Don
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On 13/03/2014 8:54 PM, robert therriault wrote:
> Well, tacit and explicit could be thought of as dialects, couldn't they?
>
> Cheers, bob
>
> On Mar 13, 2014, at 7:57 PM, Don Kelly <d...@shaw.ca> wrote:
>
>> At least J doesn't have dialects.
>>
>> Don
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